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The MCMEA Board wants to hear from the membership.Click here and take a moment to complete our short survey and let us know how you feel about your working conditions, any challenges you may have, and how the MCMEA Board can help.

Thanks in advance for your participation!

MUNIS Training

As a County Work Force member, we are about to go through some serious changes. Our success will depend on us properly implementing our executive’s policy decisions. As a MCMEA member, this is part of your role with the County. Supervisors, managers and any staff with RDO are REQUIRED to attend several upcoming trainings.

We are pleased to announce that signups are open for training on Munis HCM (Human Capital Management) System and ExecuTime. Please attend the Training Kick-off on September 26th at Four Points Embassy Suites to learn about the launch of Munis HCM and ExecuTime and the training.

Objective of this email:

Ensure that the right people sign up for the right training

Engage our extended team (you!) to ensure that the County is prepared for the transition to the new system

Assure you understand that Labor and Management are partnering to make this a success

You may have recently seen a survey from the County regarding a pilot rental assistance program. Last year, during contract negotiations, Marin County and the unions who represent Marin County employees (including Teamsters 856 and MCMEA) agreed that the County would set aside $250,000 for a one-time pilot rental assistance program.

We are working with the County to jointly develop program parameters and to gather insight should the pilot program be expanded. We want to hear from employees on how you believe the pilot program should be designed and on housing concerns should the program be expanded in the future.

Please click here and take a few minutes to provide your opinions in an anonymous survey. The survey results will be reviewed jointly by the unions and the County.

Survey responses are due by Friday, March 1, 2019.

Double Supplemental Life Insurance Premium

Important Deadline to use the Double Supplemental Life Insurance Premium:

If you wish to use the Double Supplemental Life Insurance benefit, please email one of the HR Benefit Representatives listed below, no later than Friday, November 30, 2018.

HR Benefit Reps - Freeman Suen - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Meloni Page - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Suzanne Griffiths - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The MCMEA Board has confirmed with Human Resources that members may now elect to have Double-Supplemental Life Insurance come out of the employee’s unused fringe:

Effective 1/1/19 all Double Supplemental Life elections for MCMEA will be pre-tax;

To the extent an employee has unused Fringe, those amounts will be eligible for use towards the premium;

To the extent an employee is receiving Paid Unused Fringe, that amount may be impacted by the additional use of Fringe towards premiums;

To the extent an employee is receiving Hold Harmless, that amount may be impacted by the additional use of Fringe towards premiums;

Fringe is used first. Hold harmless will be reduced if all fringe has been used.

All employees in MCMEA that elect Double Supplemental Life will be incurring Imputed Income for the total life insurance benefit over $50,000 (includes Basic Life)

Any claim processed will be subject to taxation when paid to the beneficiary since the premiums are paid on a pre-tax basis.

This has been confirmed by Scott Hadley, Employee Benefits Supervisor. If you have questions, please contact your HR payroll tech in Human Resources.

Attention MCMEA members:

Our County’s healthcare consultant, Segal, negotiated an 8.2% rate decrease for the County’s VSP renewal beginning with the 2019 plan year (and a 4-year rate guarantee). VSP has included some out-of-network benefit enhancements in its plans for 2019, and as a participating employer, the County of Marin will enjoy these enhancements with no impact on the renewal rates or guarantee. Starting with the 2019 plan year, County employees who use an out-of-network provider for vision services will enjoy increased reimbursement levels for the specific services described below:

Our contract with Marin County ends in June, which means we will begin negotiations for a new contract in the coming weeks. As affiliates of Teamsters 856, we will have the assistance of professional negotiators and attorneys throughout the bargaining process. To determine our bargaining priorities, it is important that we receive input from all MCMEA members.

October 16, 2017 – The recent wildfires in nearby counties have been devastating to so many, including some of our own Marin County employees. So far, we know at least six Marin County employees who have lost their homes. The Marin County Employee Wildfire Relief Fund has been created with the Marin County Federal Credit Union with full support from the Department of Finance, and they are working through YouCaring.com as a collection mechanism for credit card donations. Click here to donate online.

The credit union can accept checks delivered by hand to its office at 30 N. San Pedro Road, #115, in San Rafael, written to Marin County Employee Wildfire Relief Fund.